Shirt



D. J. GR'AY Jan. 21, 1936.

SHIRT Filed Dec. 22, 1934 I m l zA ral? @[CXEAD u. GRAY BYZ WKQW ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 21, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 SHIRT Deckerd J. Gray, Ware Shoals, S. 0., assignor to Riegel Textile Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 22, 1934, Serial No. 758,780

2 Claims. (Cl. 22337) This invention relates toshirts-specifically, taining band in place thereon and with its cuffs to mens and boys ready-to-wear shirts, and secured thereto by clips. the object thereof is to provide neat, eificient As therein illustrated, l designates the shirt and and convenient means for retaining in folded 2 designates the encircling retaining band. At

condition a shirt as usually folded for transportathe front 'of the shirt the band is fastened to the tion and sale. button 3--by means of a buttonhole or slit 4,

It is the customary practice, in preparing shirts preferably formed as shown in an inner length or for the trade, especially where several shirts are section 5 of the band so as to be concealed from to be placed in a single package, to fold each view, and at the back its two ends are pinned shirt in some specific way about a cardboard form together and to the upwardly extending and in- 10 and to secure each fold as made and finally the wardly folded tail 6 of the shirt by the single pin complete folded shirt by pins inserted therein, 1. Each cuff 8 is held in place by a clip 9 which the cuffs, which it is usually found desirable to fastens its inner side to the front side fold of the display, being each folded from the side over shirt.

the front of the shirt and secured thereto by a It is apparent that by its attachment to the 15 pin stuck through the back and concealed by button on the front of the shirt the retaining the front of the cuff. From ten to twelve pins at band. will be held against displacement lengthleast are used for the purpose, and not only does wise of the shirt and hence will hold up and in the insertion of these pins take time and so conplace at the back the upwardly extending and stitutes an item of expense but, and of greater folded tail of the shirt; and, further, that on reconsequence, their removal by the purchaser of moving the single pin and stripping off the band a shirt takes even more time and frequently and pulling out the cuffs to detach the clips causes exasperation since the pins are all conthe shirt will be ready for use. cealed and it is often difiicult to find the headed The buttonhole can of course be formed in 85 end of a pin even after the pin itself has been the main body of the retaining band if it is not l cated, desired to conceal it and, in place of a button- My present improvement, by which I have elimhole, the band can be secured to the button by an inated the objectionable use of pins for the purelastic loop, spring clip, or other suitable means. pose, comprises briefly stated, a retaining band The invention can also be further modified, in

30 of paper or other suitable material, which is its several details, within the scope of the apso wrapped around the folded shirt and is fastened pended claims, Without departing from the spirit at the front thereof, as by a buttonhole, loop or or sacrificing the substantial advantages thereof. the like, toa button of the shirt, usually and pref- What I claim as new, and desire to secure by erably the button immediately below the neck- Letters Patent, is-

35 band of the shirt whether with attached or for 1. As a new article of manufacture, a folded detached collars, and at the back has its two Shirt and a retaining band u o d n the same ends fastened together and to the inwardly foldand attached at the front to a button thereof and ed tail of the shirt, by a single pin for example; at the back having its ends attached together and where the cuffs are displayed they are fasand to the tail of the shirt.

tened as usual to the front side folds of the shirt 2. As a new article of manufacture, a folded but by clips which will be detached by merely shirt and a retaining band, said band surrounddrawing the cuffs away from the shirt and will ing the shirt and having intermediate its ends a th n drop ut, buttonhole by which it is attached at the front The invention will be understood by reference to one of the upper buttons of the shirt and at to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l the back has its two ends pinned together and 45 shows in front or face view and Fig. 2 in longito the tail of the shirt. tudinal section, a folded shirt with my new re- DECKERD J. GRAY. 

